1986–87 Serie A

The 1986–87 Serie A season ended with Napoli doing the "domestic double", winning their first Scudetto and third Coppa Italia, spurred on by their talismanic captain Diego Maradona, who had also just played a key part in World Cup glory for his home country of Argentina.

Serie A
Season1986 (1986)–87
ChampionsNapoli
1st title
RelegatedBrescia
Atalanta
Udinese
European CupNapoli
Cup Winners' CupAtalanta
UEFA CupJuventus
Internazionale
Hellas Verona
Milan
Matches played240
Goals scored462 (1.93 per match)
Top goalscorerPaolo Virdis
(17 goals)
Longest winning run15 matches
Napoli
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Napoli
Longest winless run5 matches
Como
Longest losing run16 matches
Atalanta
All statistics correct as of 17 May 1987.

Events

Juventus, Internazionale, Hellas Verona and Milan (beating Sampdoria after tie-breaker re-introduction) all qualified for the 1987/1988 UEFA Cup, while Brescia, Atalanta, and Udinese in consequence of Totonero 1986, were all relegated to Serie B.

Atalanta, while being relegated to Serie B, had the unusual distinction of also qualifying for the 1987/1988 Cup Winners' Cup as 1986–87 Coppa Italia runners-up.

Final classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Napoli (C) 30 15 12 3 41 21 +20 42 Qualification to European Cup
2 Juventus 30 14 11 5 42 27 +15 39 Qualification to UEFA Cup
3 Internazionale 30 15 8 7 32 17 +15 38
4 Hellas Verona 30 12 12 6 36 25 +11 36
5 Milan[lower-alpha 1] 30 13 9 8 31 21 +10 35
6 Sampdoria 30 13 9 8 37 21 +16 35
7 Roma 30 12 9 9 37 31 +6 33
8 Avellino 30 9 12 9 31 38 −7 30
9 Como 30 5 16 9 16 20 −4 26
10 Fiorentina 30 8 10 12 30 35 −5 26
11 Torino 30 8 10 12 26 32 −6 26
12 Ascoli 30 7 10 13 18 33 −15 24
13 Empoli 30 8 7 15 13 33 −20 23
14 Brescia (R) 30 7 8 15 25 35 −10 22 Relegation to Serie B
15 Atalanta[lower-alpha 2] (R) 30 7 7 16 22 32 −10 21
Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
Relegation to Serie B
16 Udinese[lower-alpha 3] (D, R) 30 6 12 12 25 41 −16 15 Relegation to Serie B
Source: 1986–87 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Milan won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Sampdoria 1–0 then qualified to 1987–88 UEFA Cup.
  2. Atalanta gained entry to 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup as 1986–87 Coppa Italia runner-up, as Napoli qualified for 1987–88 European Cup.
  3. Udinese was penalised of 9 points from the start of the season for the Totonero 1986.

Teams

Ascoli, Brescia and Empoli had been promoted from Serie B.

Serie A 1986-87 team distribution

Results
Home \ Away ASC ATA AVE BRE COM EMP FIO INT JUV MIL NAP ROM SAM TOR UDI VER
Ascoli — 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–5 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
Atalanta 0–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 4–2 1–0
Avellino 0–0 2–1 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Brescia 1–2 1–0 2–0 — 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Como 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 — 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1
Empoli 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Fiorentina 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–3 1–2 1–1 — 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1
Internazionale 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 — 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0
Juventus 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 — 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Milan 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 — 0–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0
Napoli 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 — 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Roma 1–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 — 0–3 1–0 4–0 0–0
Sampdoria 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 — 3–0 0–0 0–0
Torino 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 — 3–1 2–1
Udinese 3–0 1–0 2–6 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 — 2–2
Hellas Verona 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

UEFA Cup qualification
Milan1–0 (a.e.t.)Sampdoria
Massaro  102'

Milan qualified for 1987-88 UEFA Cup.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Pietro Paolo Virdis Milan 17
2 Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria 12
3 Alessandro Altobelli Internazionale 11
4 Ramon Diaz Fiorentina 10
Aldo Serena Juventus
Diego Maradona Napoli
7 Andrea Carnevale Napoli 8
Preben Elkjaer Hellas Verona
Wim Kieft Torino

References and sources
  1. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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